Charioteer of Delphi

The Charioteer of Delphi was a bronze statue given to the Sanctuary of Delphi by the tyrant Polyzelos of Gela (in Magna Graecia, now Sicily) to commemorate his chariot's victory in the 470 BC Pythian Games. The life-size statue of the chariot driver was found in 1896 in Delphi, and it was stored in the Delphi Archaeological Museum, becoming one of the most famous statues surviving from ancient Greece.